Bubbe (Tillie) Schwartz, More, Less & Enough

 

Bubbe (Tillie) Schwartz, More, Less & Enough

Everything in moderation; nothing in excess, boychik

Bubbe (Tillie) Schwartz

 

          When is less – less?

          When is more – more?

          When is Enough – less?

           Less is less – according to those in ‘liberal/progressive’ Judaism – who, despite ‘do not add – do not subtract’ – remove/deduct . This liberal Judaism subtracts -removes – deletes on the basis of ‘it’s values not rituals’ that is intended. For example (the argument of rituals without meaning aside.) Note, in contrast, political conservatives prefer less laws etc.

          When is more – less (besides in personal financial planning as more, better now has a way of becoming ‘less, worse, later)? Example the amount of time between milk (life) and meat(death) to be consumed – 2 hours– no 4 hours, no 6 hours 23 minutes, 14 seconds and 6 nanoseconds etc etc – continually adding despite ‘do not add do not subtract.’ Note the irony, political liberals add – increase - amplify more and more regulations, while, ‘ironically,’ political progressives just take/subtract (more, more, more) rather than make in the name of social justice (theft) – more for them – less for others.

          Para-orthodoxically, in the spiritual realm more is more (especially if manifested – spiritualizing the material) while enough, spiritually, is to get by before bye bye. The synthesis of materializing the spiritual – spiritualizing the material is aligning means with meaning to count – in the material..

           As for moderation – the middle of the road -  is where there is road kill.

ENOUGH(sm) Said